On Friday, 2 March 2012 at 11:53:56 UTC, Manu wrote:
Personally, I just want to be able to link like a normal
windows developer.
My code is C/C++, built with VC, and I want to link my D app
against those
libs using the VC linker, and debug with Visual Studio. This is
the
workflow I think the vast majority of Windows devs will expect,
and it
sounds simple enough. This is the only thing standing between
me using D
for any major projects, and just experimenting with the
language for
evaluation, or just academic interest.
64bit is far less important to me personally, VisualC linker
compatibility
is the big one. I just want to link against my C code without
jumping
through lots of hoops.
No one thinks that's a bad idea. The trouble is the amount of
developers that actually understand the backend enough to
implement another object format (which is what's needed to
support the VisualC linker) is very small.
What's needed is someone to take the time to learn it then do it.
Someone motivated, and smart. Not unlike yourself! :P
